Today was the perfect day to go golfing. I have a new grip on my nine iron and fixed a few things on my form. I noticed that more clouds have been developing the past few days during the afternoons because of the sun. I didn’t know it was that strong already! Hopefully the buds start blooming soon, we need to color up the trees a bit!

March 2012 was unseasonably warm in the Great Lakes, but globally, temperatures were average. In March 2013, it’s been significantly colder than average in West Michigan (+4 deg. colder than average), but again, global temperatures are very close to average. Of greater importance is that global temperatures have been flat for over 10 years. This means the IPCC computer models from 10-15 years ago are “deeply flawed” as Dr. Judith Curry of the BEST group has stated. Phil Jones of the U.K. Climate Center and James Hansen have admitted it:

The last sentence from what they said this morning from the NWS must be a relation to Rocky from Rockford the winter nut thats always on here. Gotta good laugh with that one. Happy Easter all.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE ARCTIC OSCILLATION SHOWS THAT THE CURVE IS
STEEPLY UPWARD AND GOING ABOVE 0 TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
GIVEN THAT MOST OF THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOW THIS TREND…CONFIDENCE
IS INCREASING THAT WE/LL SEE A SUSTAINED WARMING TREND BEGIN TOWARD
THE END OF THE PERIOD. THE NAO SEEMS TO BE ONBOARD WITH THIS AS
WELL. BUT FOR THOSE WHO LIKE COLDER WEATHER…JUST REMEMBER WE START
LOSING DAYLIGHT IN A LITTLE OVER 80 DAYS FROM NOW!

Masters (an alarmist BTW and now Weather Underground is part of the NBC/Weather Channel group) rails on picking a 16-year steady temperature trend. I don’t do that. I use 2002-present, which is clearly flat (Masters graph shows that):

“The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade…” – James Hansen et al.

Professor Judith Curry, who is the head of the climate science department at America’s prestigious Georgia Tech university, told The Mail on Sunday that it was clear that the computer models used to predict future warming were ‘deeply flawed’.

Even Prof Jones admitted that he and his colleagues did not understand the impact of ‘natural variability’

I agree. Once spring break wraps up, things will turn much warmer! Im thinking the first buds will also appear around April 10th-15th! (There are actually a few buds on the tree next door already, but thats all)

Global temperatures have been flat for over 10 years. This means the IPCC computer models from 10-15 years ago are “deeply flawed” as Dr. Judith Curry of the BEST group has stated. Phil Jones of the U.K. Climate Center and James Hansen have admitted it:

Made it to Houghton!! Man is it windy up here. Once we got to Munising our van was blowing all over the road the rest of the way to Houghton. Super foggy when we crossed the Mac Bridge, couldn’t even see the water/ice below us. Snow was pretty spotty all the way up here until about Munising, then the dirty snow piles are about 10 foot high. Probably a good foot or two on the ground here, but it’s also 40 degrees and looks like its been melting for a while as it’s a dirty snow. Tomorrow we tour Michigan Tech!